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Tuesday 11 March 2025
China's EUV breakthrough: Huawei, SMIC reportedly advancing LDP lithography, eye 3Q25 trial, 2026 rollout
China is advancing in extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography, with a domestically developed system undergoing testing at Huawei's Dongguan facility, according to XFastest...
Monday 10 March 2025
Amkor reportedly expands investment in South Korea to meet client demand
Amkor Technology, a prominent American semiconductor packaging and testing company, is expanding its footprint in South Korea. According to South Korean media reports, Amkor is investing...
Friday 7 March 2025
KYEC sees advanced testing growth momentum; building new factory in US possible
King Yuan Electronics (KYEC) remains upbeat about advanced testing demand for AI and HPC chips and has not ruled out the possibility of establishing a factory in the US.
Wednesday 5 March 2025
Ardentec to kick off production at new plant in 2Q25
Wafer-probing specialist Ardentec anticipates commencing operations at its new plant in Longtan, northern Taiwan, in the second quarter of 2025.
Tuesday 4 March 2025
Ardentec benefits from whitelist order transfers, expects steady growth in 2025
IC testing firm Ardentec anticipates sequential revenue growth through the fourth quarter of 2025, driven by a consistent rise in demand for AI and HPC device applications. The company...
Monday 3 March 2025
Qualcomm Snapdragon X2 specs leak: up to 18 Oryon V3 cores expected
Qualcomm's next-generation Snapdragon X2 processor, codenamed "Project Glymur," is reportedly in development for Windows PCs. The chip is expected to feature up to 18 third-generation...
Monday 3 March 2025
IBM shuts down China research operations, impacting 1,800 R&D jobs
IBM China Investment Company Limited (IBMV) and its subsidiaries shut down on March 1, impacting over 1,800 R&D and testing staff in Beijing, Shanghai, Dalian, and other sites...
Friday 28 February 2025
CCP Contact Probes targets AI chip supply chain with advanced packaging solutions
Benefiting from the booming demand for testing related to artificial intelligence (AI), CCP Contact Probes, a probe development and manufacturing company, has optimized its product...
Thursday 27 February 2025
SK Hynix reportedly hits 70% yield in HBM4 testing
SK Hynix has reportedly reached a significant milestone in its pre-production trials by raising the yield rate of its sixth-generation high-bandwidth memory (HBM4) to 70%. This achievement...
Thursday 27 February 2025
Apptronik partners with Jabil to scale production of Apollo humanoid robots for widespread industrial use
Apptronik and Jabil have forged a strategic partnership to manufacture and deploy Apollo humanoid robots in real-world factory environments. This collaboration will allow Jabil to...
Wednesday 26 February 2025
ChipMOS forecasts modest 1Q25 revenue decline; aims to raise utilization
Shih-Jye Cheng, chairman of ChipMOS, a leading memory packaging and testing company, announced that the company's first-quarter revenue is expected to experience modest declines,...
Tuesday 25 February 2025
Chroma ATE hits record 2024 profits, targets 2025 growth in semiconductors, AR glasses, and AI servers
Chroma ATE, Taiwan's leading supplier of automated testing and measurement equipment, achieved a milestone in 2024, posting its highest post-tax net profits in 40 years. Looking ahead...
Tuesday 25 February 2025
AI GPU orders max out TSMC’s CoWoS capacity; IC testing firms booked through 2026
More than 70% of TSMC’s CoWoS-L advanced packaging capacity has already been booked, fueled by strong demand for Nvidia’s Blackwell GPUs. This surge is also driving orders...
Friday 21 February 2025
Google unveils AI co-scientist, pioneering new era of reasoning-driven research
To enhance AI's role in scientific R&D, Google has introduced an "AI co-scientist," a multi-agent AI system initially available for testing by a select group of research organi...
Friday 21 February 2025
Reversal of trends in the semiconductor industry (2): A return to vertical integration amid limits of miniaturization
If two competitive strategies within an industry can both become dominant at different times, it is natural for these strategies to shift as industry conditions change.